After being mistaken for a dangerous beast and torn from his home, Ferdinand rallies a misfit team of friends for the ultimate adventure to return to his family. Based on the classic children’s book, Ferdinand proves you can’t judge a bull by it’s cover!

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A Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill

Ten-year-old Frederika (Fred for short) doesn’t have much faith that the new teacher in town will last very long. After all, they never do. Most teachers who come to their one-room schoolhouse in remote Alaska leave at the first smell of fish, claiming that life there is just too hard.
But Miss Agnes is different — she doesn’t get frustrated with her students, and she throws away old textbooks and reads Robin Hood instead! For the first time, Fred and her classmates begin to enjoy their lessons and learn to read and write — but will Miss Agnes be like all the rest and leave as quickly as she came?

Thursday, March 8th

Our final Books4Boys event for the season was a discussion of “Half Moon Investigations” by Eoin Colfer. We enjoyed a great discussion, ate yummy treats and solved the mysterious murder of Ted E. Bear. Thanks to all who attended.

Teens ages 12 – 18 are invited to JOIN THE MADNESS AT THE AF LIBRARY. Stop by the library by Sat. March 10 to fill out a MARCH BOOK MADNESS tournament bracket for 16 popular characters from Young Adult and Jr. Fiction Books titles, to predict the character they think will receive the most votes throughout the competition. Four rounds of voting will take place March 10 – April 7 to determine the “Champion” character. Prizes will be awarded for bracket submission and for voting. Random prize drawings from each round of voting will also be awarded so be sure to vote and help advance your favorite characters. At the end of the competition, Amazon gift cards will be awarded to three individuals who submitted brackets that most closely match the voting outcomes.

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Teens ages 12 – 18 are invited to JOIN THE MADNESS AT THE AF LIBRARY. Stop by the library before Sat. March 10 to fill out a MARCH BOOK MADNESS tournament bracket for 16 popular characters from Young Adult and Jr. Fiction Books titles, to predict the character they think will receive the most votes throughout the competition. Four rounds of voting will take place March 10 – April 7 to determine the “Champion” character. Prizes will be awarded for bracket submission for voting. Random prize drawings from each round of voting will also be awarded so be sure to vote and help advance your favorite characters. At the end of the competition, Amazon gift cards will be awarded to three individuals who submitted brackets that most closely match the voting outcomes.

Not pictured: Emilee Krein and Eryn Parrish.

There is still time for teens (ages 12-18) to join the 2018 challenge, which is to READ 24 books in 12 months. All who register by March 31st and successfully complete the challenge by January 31, 2019 will receive an Extreme Book Nerd Hoodie.

Thursday, March 8th at 7:00 P.M.

Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer

Fletcher Moon has never been like other kids. For one thing, he has had to suffer the humiliating nickname “Half Moon” because of his short stature. But the real reason Fletcher is different is that ever since he was a baby, he’s had a nose for sniffing out mysteries. And after graduating at the top of his Internet class, he is officially certified as the youngest detective in the world. He even has a silver-plated detective’s badge to prove it. Everything is going along fine until two things happen: a classmate hires him to solve a crime, and his prized badge is stolen. All signs point to the town’s most notorious crime family, the Sharkeys.
As Fletcher follows the clues, evidence of a conspiracy begins to emerge, and he finds himself framed for a serious crime. To clear his name, he will have to pair up with the unlikeliest of allies and go on the run from the authorities. He has twelve hours to find the guilty party–or he is the guilty party.

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